Ash-shovel.



B.. BROWNSON.

ASH ISHOVEL.

APPLIGATION FILED 11mm, 1909.

Patented June 7, 1910.

mi@ ym RALPH BROWNSON, GF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

ASH-SHOVEL.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH BRowNsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash-Shovels, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ash sifting shovels its objectbeing to provide a shovel designed for use in connection particularlywith furnaces for removing the ashes and contained coal, its objectbeing further to provide a shovel by which the ashes may be sifted fromthe coal before removal from the furnace, allowing' the coal containedin the ashes to be removed and the shovel thereafter used to remove theashes.

To this end my invention consists in the features of construction,combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter' particularly describedand claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figurel is a perspective view of my improved invention; Fig. 2 is a rear endview of the shovel with the handle in section, and Fig. 3 is a sectionon line fvof Fig. 2.

In the accompanying drawings 2 and 3 represent the side and rear wallsof the shovel and 4 the bottom formed with perforations 5. The forwardend 6 of the bottom is upwardly inclined and has a solid free end 7.

8 represents a rearwardly extending handle suitably secured to the wall3 as by being fitted in a socket piece 9 extending rearwardly from thecenter of the wall. Posit-ioned underneath the shovel is a pair ofrocker shoes l0, said shoes being secured at their front ends 1l to thebottom of the shovel directly at the rear of the inclined end 6 andbeing secured at their rear ends to the wall 8. The rear ends of theshoes are curved as shown in Fig. 1, the bottoms of said shoes forwardof said curved portions alining with the bottom of the inclined end G ofthe shovel.

Thus in use with the lower straight edges of the shoes and the alininginclined portion Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 2, 1909.

Patented J une *7, 1910.

Serial No. 475,629.

6 of the bottomv resting upon the supporting surface, the shovel may beshoved through the ash pit door with the point of the shovel in contactwith the floor of the ash pit. The shovel beingfilled with ashes and thehandle lowered to horizontal position will raise the front end of theshovel thereby bringing the perforated bottom of the shovel sufficientlyabove the floor of the ash pit to allow the ashes to be sifted throughas the shovel is reciprocated upon the shoes, leaving any coal in theshovel so it can be thrown back in the furnace. As the shovel isreciprocated upon the rear ends of the shoes the free end 6 of theshovel bottom will extend upwardly forming a front wall to prevent theashes and coal being spilled over the front end of the shovel. It thusis possible with my improved shovel to insert the same into the ash pitand shake the ashes from the coal while the shovel is still in the pit.Thereafter when it is desired to remove the ashes the shovel can be usedin the ordinary manner to remove the ashes from the pit. Theperforations are of a size which will al` low the ashes to remain in theshovel and be lifted thereby without falling through the perforationsunless the ashes are agitated by the reciprocation of the shovel.

I claim as my invention:

In combination a shovel provided with side and rear walls and aperforated bottom, an upwardly inclined free end for said perforatedbottom and a shoe portion comprising a pair of bars l0, each connectedat its front end underneath said bottom at the rear of said inclinedfree end and extending rearwardly in alinement with said free end to therear of said bottom, being then bent upwardly and connected with therear wall of said shovel to form rocker shoes in the manner set forth. l

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RALPH BROVVNSON.

Vitnesses H. S. JOHNSON, I-I. SMITH.

